Rihanna has spoken glowingly about the way motherhood impacted the way she lives her life and conducts her career.
The 34-year-old pop star welcomed a son last May with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky but has yet to disclose the baby’s name.
‘Becoming a mother has only added to the inspiration in my life,’ she told Elle in a new interview about her Fenty Beauty line.
‘I’ve had to find the balance between an efficient routine that maximizes precious “me” time and full glam, because I really enjoy that colorful creative process.’
Her latest remarks come as she prepares for her hotly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance this Sunday.
New phase: Rihanna has spoken glowingly about the way motherhood impacted the way she lives her life and conducts her career
Baby mine: The 34-year-old pop star welcomed a son last May with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky but has yet to disclose the baby’s name
In recent years, her music career has been largely on the shelf as she threw herself into the fashion and beauty industry with her Fenty businesses.
The Barbadian bombshell revealed in her new interview that her mother Monica ‘was the first person to introduce me to beauty and fragrance.’
She affectionately recalled: ‘I loved her scent, and smelling good was really important to her. It was always the finishing touch before she would go out.’
Rihanna explained: ‘And that’s how I treat fragrance today: I want it to exude everything that I feel, everything that I am, and everything that I want to be.’
She declared that her ‘mantra has always been and always will be: “Beauty is there to have fun with. It should never feel like pressure or a uniform.” I hope that carries on, because it’s an incredibly joyful and freeing way to live.’
The Umbrella singer offered fans a glimpse into the skincare regimen she leans on to maintain her radiant complexion despite a schedule full of air travel.
‘I do everything I can to stay hydrated, from applying moisturizers to drinking coconut water – it’s really the only way to save your skin, especially on those long flights to different time zones and climates,’ she said.
‘I bring Fenty Skin Hydra’Reset Intensive Recovery Glycerin Hand Mask with me on overnight flights, and Fenty Skin Plush Puddin’ Intensive Recovery Lip Mask because it coats my lips and keeps them full-looking. Hydration from head to toe is key!’
Dynamic duo: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, who have been sporadically linked since 2013, are pictured last month attending the Golden Globes
Baby on board: ‘Becoming a mother has only added to the inspiration in my life,’ she told Elle; she is pictured late in her pregnancy last March at Paris Fashion Week
Rihanna is now bracing herself to play this Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII, in which the Philadelphia Eagles will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs near Phoenix.
She joins an illustrious list of musical acts who have taken the gig, from Lady Gaga and Beyoncé to Prince and Madonna to Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson.
Rihanna’s performance will come half a decade after she hit the headlines for turning down the halftime show in 2018.
Her refusal to accept that year’s Super Bowl offer was a gesture of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick amid the furor over his kneeling during the national anthem.
In May 2018 the NFL announced that players had to either stand for The Star-Spangled Banner or remain off the field during the song.
However a couple of months later the policy was put on the back burner, and it has not been enforced in the ensuing years.
Rihanna confirmed to Vogue in 2019 that she ‘Absolutely’ declined the previous year’s halftime show in order to stand with Colin Kaepernick.
‘I couldn’t dare do that. For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler,’ she declared.
Incoming: Rihanna is pictured this week attending a press conference for her Super Bowl halftime performance, which will take place this Sunday
Esteemed company: She joins an illustrious list of musical acts who have taken the gig, from Lady Gaga (pictured) and Beyoncé to Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson
‘There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.’
However that year Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation, which Rihanna is signed to, entered a multiyear partnership with the NFL for programming and social justice ventures.
As her fans eagerly look forward her forthcoming Super Bowl gig, rumors are also swirling that she is preparing to go back on tour.
One insider dished to Page Six: ‘There has been a lot of talk among people in the know, especially in the last week or two, that Rihanna is gearing up to announce a tour. It seems to be more than just hearsay at this point.’
Another said: ‘Even some members of Rihanna’s team have been kept in the dark. It’s all a big secret, from the details of her halftime show to what’s next if anything.’
Rihanna has not hit the road with her concerts since her Anti World Tour in 2016, which whisked her across North America and Europe as well as Abu Dhabi.
Stagestruck: Rumors are also swirling that she is preparing to go back on tour; she is pictured playing the Grammys at Madison Square Garden this past Sunday
